6-step plan aims to boost faculty diversity

A team of scientists offers a roadmap for increasing diversity among biomedical engineering faculty.

Juan Siliezar-Brown • futurity
Aug. 15, 2023 ~6 min

Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters

Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.

Rich Harrill, Research Professor of Hospitality and Tourism and Director, International Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina • conversation
Aug. 11, 2023 ~6 min


Immigrant nurses in long-term care hold more skills

Despite significant amounts of human capital, immigrant nurses are often hired for underpaid, entry-level positions and forced to work their way up.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Aug. 9, 2023 ~5 min

Is your job BS? 19% say yes

A new study investigates the "bullshit jobs" theory of sociologist David Graeber. Almost a fifth of people say their jobs are socially useless.

U. Zurich • futurity
Aug. 2, 2023 ~5 min

AI ethics teams lack ‘support, resources, and authority’

Because tech industry ethics teams lack resources and authority, their effectiveness is spotty at best, according to a new study.

Stanford • futurity
Aug. 1, 2023 ~11 min

What’s at stake in the actors and writers strikes?

What are the issues at the heart of the strikes that have shuttered the American film and television industry? Experts dig in.

Peggy McGlone-NYU • futurity
July 31, 2023 ~13 min

Study finds ChatGPT boosts worker productivity for some writing tasks

A new report by MIT researchers highlights the potential of generative AI to help workers with certain writing assignments.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office • mit
July 14, 2023 ~7 min

Paid leave lets older adults care for their parents

With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after their parents.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
July 13, 2023 ~7 min


Marginalized groups face harassment in academic medicine

Women, racial and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately affected by workplace mistreatment in academic medicine, a study finds.

Jenny Owen-Emory • futurity
July 7, 2023 ~6 min

Computer problems are a big waste of time

People waste between 11 and 20% of their time because of everyday computer problems, according to new research.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
July 5, 2023 ~7 min

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